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Project 41 VoIP Information Bibliography 010108

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Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
Project 41
Public Education and Outreach Working Group
Public and PSAP Staff Informational Articles
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Article/Report/Citation _______________________________ Description
47 CFR Ch. 1 (10-1-03 Edition)
This is the citation within the Code of Federal Regulation which defines 9-1-1 as
the universal emergency number and related language regarding the PSAP.
Referenced in ruling on Interconnected VoIP Service Providers, 2005.
What Every PSAP Needs to Know About VoIP E9-1-1
This is an informative and helpful guide to understanding the FCC Order cited as
FCC 05-116. Version 2.0 Copyright 2005 TeleCommunication Systems Inc. 3
This pamphlet is provided as a service to PSAPs by TeleCommunication
Systems (TCS), to help you understand the changes that VoIP E9-1-1 will bring.
It describes what VoIP telephone service is and how VoIP E9-1-1 will affect you
in the near and long-term future. It also provides information about FCC report
and order 05-116, mandating VoIP E9-1-1service.
This document represents our current understanding of NENA VoIP standards,
VoIP E9-1-1 technology, and the import of the FCC order. Where we express an
opinion or make a recommendation, we clearly label it as such. Our intent is to
provide useful information rather than to press a particular point of view.
WASHINGTON MILITARY DEPARTMENT
Emergency Management Division
ENHANCED 9-1-1 PROGRAM
1-800-562-6108 or visit our website at: www.emd.wa.govFCC 05-116
The State of Washington prepared an informational brochure highlighting the
issues about VoIP and 9-1-1 access. It includes this paragraph: If your VoIP
phone does not provide enhanced 9-1-1 service (name, address and callback
number), be sure to inform others – your children, family, babysitters, neighbors
and friends – who use your phone that 9-1-1 may not work. Your life or the life of
a loved one may depend on this information.
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FC 05-116 The FCC Docket number and attached First Report and Order and
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ref Interconnected VoIP Services. Excepts from
the Order:
In this Order, we adopt rules requiring providers of interconnected voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to supply enhanced 911 (E911) capabilities to
their customers.1 Interconnected VoIP providers may satisfy this requirement by
interconnecting indirectly through a third party such as a competitive local
exchange carrier (LEC), interconnecting directly with the Wireline E911 Network,
or through any other solution that allows a provider to offer E911 service. The
characteristics of interconnected VoIP services have posed challenges for
911/E911 and threaten to compromise public safety.2 Thus, we require providers
of interconnected VoIP service to provide E911 services to all of their customers
as a standard feature of the service, rather than as an optional enhancement.
We further require them to provide E911 from wherever the customer is using the
service, whether at home or away from home.
1. We adopt an immediate E911 requirement that applies to all
interconnected VoIP services. In some cases, this requirement relies on
the customer to self-report his or her location.
Article/Report/Citation ________________________________ Description P3
1
The term “interconnected” refers to the ability of the user generally to receive calls from and terminate
calls to the public switched telephone network (PSTN), including commercial mobile radio service
(CMRS) networks. See infra Part III.A.
2
In this Order, we act on the E911 issues before the other issues pending in the IP-Enabled Services
proceeding because of the urgent need to address public safety issues related to interconnected VoIP. For
example, we are aware of a recent incident in Texas in which it was reported that a 911 call was not
completed when an interconnected VoIP user dialed 911 to seek emergency assistance during a home
invasion burglary. See, e.g., Attorney General of Texas, Texas Attorney General Abbott Takes Legal
Action to Protect Internet Phone Customers, News Release (Mar. 22, 2005)
<http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=850&PHPSESSID=251eucgngcvrihiolvs370jo3>;
Paul Davidson, Net-based 911 Fight Puts Lives on Line: Regulatory Issues Among Obstacles, USA Today
(Mar. 1, 2005). In another incident, it was reported that a Connecticut woman was not able to reach an
emergency dispatcher by dialing 911 using her interconnected VoIP service when her infant son needed
emergency medical attention. See Connecticut Attorney General, Attorney General, DCP Sue Broadband
Phone Company for Misrepresenting Its 9-1-1 Emergency Capabilities, Press Release (May 3, 2005)
<http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/mainlinks/tabindex4.htm>; Marian Gail Brown, Dialing Up Panic with 911,
Connecticut Post (May 2, 2005); see also Alicia A. Caldwell, Pair Crusades for Better Access to 911 from
High-Tech Phones, Orlando Sentinel (May 7, 2005) (describing an incident in which a Florida mother
reportedly was not able to reach an emergency dispatcher by dialing 911 using her interconnected VoIP
service to get emergency medical assistance for her infant daughter); NASUCA Comments at 49-50.

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Excerpts from the Order: We intend in a future order to adopt an advanced E911
solution for interconnected VoIP that must include a method for determining a
user’s location without assistance from the user as well as firm implementation
deadlines for that solution. To this end, we seek comment in the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on possible additional solutions including
technical options and possible timelines for implementation.
Quest provides a PowerPoint of what they describe as: “Fundamental and
significant change in the communications industry is driving the need for Public
Safety solutions that accommodate the many new ways that emergency services
can be requested and the response provided.” This is well crafted presentation
that may be useful to PSAP Managers seeking to “show” the diagrams reflecting
VoIP and thru Next Generation 9-1-1 models.
Voice on the Net Coalition
This information bulletin, subtitled ANSWERING THE CALL FOR 9-1-1
EMERGENCY SERVICES IN AN INTERNET WORLD A 9-1-1 VOIP PRIMER is
helpful for those interested in knowing what the VoIP industry believes about the
future of emergency communications throughout the Nation.
VoIP Monitor Article
This industry monitoring group published a report on VoIP in the United States
and offers a perspective of growth potential as well as revenue.
VoIP Monitor Article
This article cites a study by the Yankee Group which forecasts 37 million VoIP
users in U.S. by 2011. The Group cites a 9% penetration of all U.S. households
with further expansion as more broadband availability is installed.
FCC Consumer Advisory
The FCC has prepared a concise yet helpful consumer page that advises of the
issues surrounding VoIP and 9-1-1 access. The use of the FCC Consumer
Advisory allows PSAPs to use information that has been vetted and perceived as
accurate, following the FCC 05-116 First Report and Order.
Visit this site at www.fcc.gov/voip/
For general, preliminary consumer and PSAP staff information, also see VoIP at
www.apcointl.org/about/information
For information on the potential impact of VoIP on PSAP funding, also see
www.apcointl.org/about/911EI/fundingpaper.pdf
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The TCS technology that works well for wireless E9-1-1 calls also serves VoIP
E9-1-1 callers as they move about. VoIP service ...and is described within this
article.
www.apcointl.org/new/commcenter911/downloads/Location_Location_VoIP.pdf
Vonage offers within its advertisements a statement: Vonage 911 operates
differently than traditional 9-1-1. E9-1-1 is not available everywhere. The
information provided from Vonage to potential customers about this difference
can be reviewed at www.vonage.com/911popup/s
The interest in VoIP as an alternative to traditional telephone service has raised
many questions. A review of the most popular providers and package costs will
help explain the high interest, especially among certain portions of the
population. See http://www.whichvoip.com/
The Federal Communication Commission has extended the disability access
requirements of Sections 225 and 255 of the Communications Act, which
currently apply to traditional phone services, to providers of interconnected Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services and to manufacturers of specially designed
equipment used to provide those services. For additional information, see: http://
hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-273452A1.doc
The duty to support Number Portability has also reached the VoIP world. In a
media release, the FCC said: The right of consumers to keep the same, familiar
phone number when switching to a new telephone company was expanded
today by the Federal Communications Commission, in an Order that will further
ensure consumers’ opportunity to choose a telephone service provider based on
quality, price and service. It was made clear that the obligation to provide local
number portability extends to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol
providers and the telecommunications carriers that obtain numbers for them.
This action was, in part, a response to numerous complaints by consumers about
their inability to port numbers to or from interconnected VoIP providers. The FCC
also initiated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on additional
VoIP numbering issues. For more details see:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-277752A1.doc